James Sherwood Westmacott

Works

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A Girl at a Fountain

The Peri

Victory taking the Wreath from her Head, to Crown a Victor in Battle

Sir Robert Peel
1851

Model of Saher de Quincy, Earl of Winchester, A.D. 1215
1851

Statue
1855 (Presumed)

Locations

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Address 1 St. John's Place Lisson Grove London | View on map
1851

Address Downlands? Hordle | View on map
1851
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Address 14 Georges Road Westminster London | View on map
1861 (Circa) - 1866 (Presumed)

Address 49 Hugh Street Pimlico London | View on map
1880 (Circa) - 1890 (Circa)

Address 57 Chelsham Road Clapham London | View on map
1881 (Circa) - 1891 (Circa)

Address Longlands Chesterfield | View on map
1900
Living here at his death.

Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events

Beneficiary of Turner Fund (Royal Academy of Arts), 1856-1951
1 June 1875
Listed as a Turner Fund Annuitant in 1875.

Exhibited at The International Exhibition, London, 1862
Multiple works

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, The Eighty-Fifth, 1853
p. 51

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, The Eighty-Seventh, 1855
p.51

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1846 - 1885
Exhibited 34 times (31 times from 1851), an average of two works per year.

Exhibited at Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations (London), 1851
1851

Institutional and Business Connections

Member of Institute of British Sculptors
1856 (Circa) - 1861 (Circa)

Unsuccessful in ballot for election to Royal Academy of Arts

Personal and Professional Connections

Nominated by Charles West Cope
10 December 1866
For RA; unsuccessful.

Seconded by William Calder Marshall
For RA; unsuccessful.

Descriptions of Practice

Listed under Sculptors Post Office London Directory, 1880 Post Office/Kelly London Directories

Listed under Sculptors Post Office London Directory, 1890 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1890
p.1997

Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
'Sculptor'

Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
'Sculptor'

Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
'Sculptor'

Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
'Sculptor'

Sources

Annual Report from the Council of The Royal Academy to the General Assembly of Academicians for the Year 1875, 1878 Royal Academy Annual Reports
1878
p. 23.

Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
2004
HO107 piece 1666 folio 375 page 13

Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
2004
Class: RG10; Piece: 113; Folio: 63; Page: 20; GSU roll: 838766

Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
Class: RG11; Piece: 634; Folio: 39; Page: 23; GSU roll: 1341146

Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
Class: RG12; Piece: 442; Folio: 14; Page: 22; GSU roll: 6095552

England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: James Sherwood Westmacott Probate Date: 14 Dec 1900 Death Date: 16 Aug 1900 Death Place: Derbyshire, England Registry: London, England

Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations, 1851 Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue
1851
p. 711 (2)

International exhibition 1862, official catalogue, fine art department
1862

List of Members: Institute of British Sculptors (or Sculptor's Institute)
2008 (Circa)

London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
2010
Name: James Sherwood Westmacott Record Type: Baptism Baptism Date: 29 Jun 1824 Father's Name: Henry Westmacott Mother's name: Eliza Brodie Westmacott Parish or Poor Law Union: St George Hanover Square Borough: Westminster Register Type: Bishop's Transcript

Post Office London Directory, 1880 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1880
p. 1812

Post Office London Directory, 1890 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1890
p.1997

Royal Academy of Arts Nominations for Associateship, 1866-1906
1906
See entries for 1866.

Rules of the Institute of Sculptors
1861
p. iv

The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, The Eighty-Fifth, 1853
1853
p. 51

The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, The Eighty-Seventh, 1855
1855
p.51

The Royal Academy of Arts: a complete dictionary of contributors and their work from its foundation in 1769 to 1904. Vol. 8: Toft to Zwecker
1906
pp. 235-36